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VIDEO: Tech on the Hill with Rep. Bob Latta

When Ohio Republican Rep. Bob Latta asked self-driving car
innovators recently if, five years ago, they thought their technology would be
where it is today, they answered no: they’re actually farther ahead than
planned.

That means Congress has to work even faster to help clear barriers
to self-driving car deployment this year, Latta told Bloomberg BNA in a recent video interview. The
new chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection
Subcommittee also talked about a repatriation tax and the Energy and Commerce
Committee’s role in net neutrality legislation.

Latta said Congress needs to draft autonomous vehicle
legislation in the coming months to help prevent an increase in the patchwork
of state regulations. Coping with different states’ rules may hinder innovation
from companies and deter driver adoption, he said.

"We want to make sure that we work on getting the right legislation in
place to help them, not hinder them, because again, this is great technology
that's moving forward," Latta told Bloomberg BNA.

Cybersecurity will also be crucial to rolling out
self-driving technology, Latta said.

“That’s going to have to be built in, and the companies are
looking at that right now,” he said.

Latta is also looking ahead to how the Energy and Commerce Committee
will shape net neutrality regulation. The Federal Communications Commission is
moving to write less stringent rules than the ones now in place, but Latta said
there's a role for Congress as well.

"The agencies can set the rules, but legislation makes it permanent,"
Latta said.

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